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how is that possible, little stockton? if you look at the map in california everybody was moving out in san francisco, properties were too high there, same with palo at torques silicon valley, they moved to stockton. what could happen in detroit unless they start cutting more. if detroit has to file for chapter 9 bankruptcy municipal that would make headlines around the world and kind prus would be booted off the front page. >> that's what they are trying to do and -- >> the mayor and the city council loose all the authority they shr-fplt they've been trying and they can't do that. they can't negotiate contracts because a lot of them are involved in a roundabout way with the contracts originally put forth. he'll come in and say listen you're going to cut the spending right here or we are going bankrupt. he's come out and said i've been through bankruptcy before i'm okay going through it again in detroit. >> reverend jesse jackson calling for massive demonstrations gains him today. we'll see what happens. bill: new developm
how is that possible, little stockton? if you look at the map in california everybody was moving out in san francisco, properties were too high there, same with palo at torques silicon valley, they moved to stockton. what could happen in detroit unless they start cutting more. if detroit has to file for chapter 9 bankruptcy municipal that would make headlines around the world and kind prus would be booted off the front page. >> that's what they are trying to do and -- >> the mayor...
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. >> stockton, california now. the largest u.s. city to file for bankruptcy. lawyers for the central valley city of 300,000 people are filing chapter 9 to see how it will pay in the pension fund which is the top debt. >> we have stories you can bank on this morning. bad news for your wallet. while many of us are making less than we were four years ago, joining us now to explain why is lauren simonetti from the fox business network. >> what's the primary reason here? >> there is a few reasons mostly because it costs more money. i am going to show you some numbers. they are really startling. when it feels like we are not making money we always say that. when you look at the data we are not. median household income is over 51,000 dollars. take a look at that on a time line. 6 percent less than when the economic recovery began in summer of 2009 and less than when the recession started. obviously we are not making enough money. all of this data comes from research. they also say one of the key reasons speegsly now because - especially now. saw a $600 drop between f
. >> stockton, california now. the largest u.s. city to file for bankruptcy. lawyers for the central valley city of 300,000 people are filing chapter 9 to see how it will pay in the pension fund which is the top debt. >> we have stories you can bank on this morning. bad news for your wallet. while many of us are making less than we were four years ago, joining us now to explain why is lauren simonetti from the fox business network. >> what's the primary reason here? >>...
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county administrators and officials of every type, steve was talking about all the different counties, stockton is in the same vote, they sit there and voted themselves tremendous pensions or whether it is health care allowances for the rest of their lives, and no one was too sort of stop it, but when you set politics aside it is about the math. there is actually at the end of the day no way to pay this over time. >> melissa, the good news about this story, if there is any silver lining there, you're exactly right. the only way you stop this is with taxpayers. you know what? bill, there are several instances where taxpayers have voted on the ballot to put a clamp on these out of control pensions. so there is some movement in the right direction with people saying look, we want money to go for schools, not pensions. bill: is there anything in california that addresses perhaps renegotiating these contracts. >> bankruptcy. that is what keeps happening again and again. >> that's right. >> only way to deal with this and break these contracts is eventually to go into bankruptcy when the county can't
county administrators and officials of every type, steve was talking about all the different counties, stockton is in the same vote, they sit there and voted themselves tremendous pensions or whether it is health care allowances for the rest of their lives, and no one was too sort of stop it, but when you set politics aside it is about the math. there is actually at the end of the day no way to pay this over time. >> melissa, the good news about this story, if there is any silver lining...
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a bankruptcy battle is underway in stockton, california, the most populated u.s. city to file for chapter 9 bankruptcy. lawyers argue that is the only option for the failing city but creditors disagree and are taking him to court. >>brian: charles payne, fox's business network guy, filling in for stuart varney this week. what do you think, charles? >> i think it is the only option. it is hard to argue these guys haven't tried. 25% of the police officers are gone, 40% of city hall is gone. they dug themselves into an amazing hall. what happened was you had a situation where you had typical government spending particularly at a local level which by the way sofpb more outrageous -- is often more outrageous than what we see in washington, d.c. combine that with the steroids of a housing boom. the average house there went from $100,000 to $400,000. from 2000 to 2006, talk about a county and city feeling flush. they made am mazing obligations and amazing promises. they built a hockey arena. they thought they would have a semi prosports league. >>steve: sky was the limit
a bankruptcy battle is underway in stockton, california, the most populated u.s. city to file for chapter 9 bankruptcy. lawyers argue that is the only option for the failing city but creditors disagree and are taking him to court. >>brian: charles payne, fox's business network guy, filling in for stuart varney this week. what do you think, charles? >> i think it is the only option. it is hard to argue these guys haven't tried. 25% of the police officers are gone, 40% of city hall is...